%B From Programs to Systems. The Systems perspective in Computing %N 8415 %R 10.1007/978-3-642-54848-2_5 %K Cyber Physical Systems; Component-based Systems; Formal Methods; Process Calculi; Verification; Model Checking %A Rocco De Nicola %A Alberto Lluch Lafuente %A Michele Loreti %A Andrea Morichetta %A Rosario Pugliese %A Valerio Senni %A Francesco Tiezzi %S Lecture Notes in Computer Science %X A simplified version of the kernel language SCEL, that we call SCELlight, is introduced as a formalism for programming and verifying properties of so-called cyber-physical systems consisting of software-intensive ensembles of components, featuring complex intercommunications and interactions with humans and other systems. In order to validate the amenability of the language for verification purposes, we provide a translation of SCELlight specifications into Promela. We test the feasibility of the approach by formally specifying an application scenario, consisting of a collection of components offering a variety of services meeting different quality levels, and by using SPIN to verify that some desired behaviors are guaranteed. %D 2014 %L eprints2938 %O ETAPS Workshop, FPS 2014, in Honor of Joseph Sifakis, Grenoble, France, April 6, 2014. Proceedings %I Springer %T Programming and Verifying Component Ensembles %P 69-83